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#### 4 When does an inquiry, investigation or hearing end?
(1) This section defines when an inquiry, investigation or hearing ends for the purposes of this Act.
(2) An investigation under Part 26 of the Telecommunications Act 1997, or an inquiry or hearing, ends at the end of the day on which the ACMA completes the preparation of a report about the investigation, inquiry or hearing under whichever of the following provisions is applicable:
(a) section 495 or 516 of the Telecommunications Act 1997;
(c) section 199 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(3) An investigation under any of the following provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ends (subject to subsection (4) of this section) at the end of the day the ACMA completes the investigation:
(a) Part 11 or 13;
(b) clause 38 of Schedule 6.
(4) If the ACMA decides to prepare a report under section 178 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 about an investigation under Part 13 of that Act, the investigation ends at the end of the day the ACMA completes the report.